Baphomet

English

A 19th century image of a Sabbatic Goat created by Éliphas Lévi.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Baphometh, deriving from Occitan Bafometz. Ostensibly a corruption of Andalusian Arabic مَحُمَّدْ (“Maḥummad”), ultimately deriving from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (compare Old Catalan Mafumet and Old Galician-Portuguese Mafomat), which would make it a doublet of mammet and Muhammad. But other sources have been suggested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæfəmɛt/

Proper noun

Baphomet

1. A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that the Knights Templar worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.

Derived terms

• Baphometic

Translations

pagan deity

• Arabic: بَاهُومَت (bāhūmat)
• Bulgarian: Бафомет m (Bafomet)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴風特／巴风特 (Bāfēngtè), 巴弗滅／巴弗灭 (Bāfúmiè)

• French: Baphomet (fr) m
• Georgian: ბაფომეტი (bapomeṭi)
• German: Baphomet m
• Indonesian: Bafomet
• Italian: Baphomet (it) m or f
• Japanese: バフォメット (Bafometto)
• Korean: 바포메트 (bapometeu)
• Persian: بافومه
• Portuguese: Baphomet m, Bafomete m, Bafomé m
• Russian: Бафоме́т (ru) m (Bafomét)
• Spanish: Baphomet m
• Thai: บาโฟเมต
• Turkish: Baphomet, Bafomet

Further reading

• The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca - Baphomet
• The “Baphomet” of Eliphas Lévi